Means for producing and distributing combustible gases.



No. 868,717. PATENTED 00122, 1907.

AN B. SMITH.- MEANS FOR PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING GOMBUSTIBLE GASES.

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- M. VA'N'B. SMITH. MEANS FOR PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING COMBUSTIBLE GASEs.

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ME AT URN EYS PATENTED 001-. 22, 1907. M. VAN B. SMITH. MEANS FOR PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING GOMBUSTIBLE GASES.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 30. 1906.

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Be'it known that I, Mums (an BLURIN Surrrge itizen o! the United Suites America and ereeiclent oi the city county. and Stete oi Iylew' York, have it;- vented certain new and ueeiuf'lm'prove mente in Means for Producing and Dietrihuting Oo'mbiretibleGaeee, of which the iollowingis a specification,- reierence being. had to the ecconipanying drawings}- lorming t; part r thereof.

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My invention relates meane for producing and-die- Jributiug combustible gases, 'andparticularly to means for producingn'nd distributing.e comhuhtible mixture l pl air and the gaebein'g generated trom bituminous coal in ages-producer.

In carrying out rnyinvent'i'on 1 employ a'gae producer, ecool er end scrubber for the gases" produced, and e/blower and mixer furedrnitting' end mixing with the-gee has been evolved the'producer and hiter it he's been "cooled in the scrubbing and cooling device; wild-I preferably ernploy means forqidmihting air to thil gas producer in direct proportion to the amount of 'aifi edmitted for mixture lwith the evolved gaees; 't gethi' with meanslor regulating? the relation- My in'ventif'n also reletee'to en irrip'rqwed rneenejor sealing the connection between the producer and the scrubber at will toge ther withniany' other novel leatures of constt fnction and cornbination of platens will hereinafter be morfelul ly 'set iu'rthgand in order that my invention rin y bejfully understood, 1 will, now m ceed to describe an appnratual constituting an emb0dimcnt of sameg ghmfirig'relerence to tlre acconipanyihg drawings in which eiiidembodiment is illust'rzited, and will then pointput the novel features in clairns.

- In the-drawings: Figure 1 is a view in'pnrtial side elevntion end 'pnrtial ver'tical section of the appnratue' Fig.- 2 ise'detail-view. in central vertical .eec'ti'on' through the lower'portion of the scrubber, showingthe seal tonne connection "therewith from the. producer:

Fig. 3 is a top vie'yvoi the apparatus. Fig. 4 iea View, inhorizontel section of the producer, the plane of section being taken, substantially upon the line 1-4 of Fig.7,

Fig. 5 is nnotherhori'zontal sectional-view oi-.tlie pro rd'ucer -the' plane'ol' section being taken uhete ntielly upon the line 5 5m ig. 7:" .Fig. 6 in detail view in longitudinal sectionoie pr. the distributingpipe, showing particularly one u safety screens employed" therein. Fig. Tish view oi the eppflrflt'u rperlielly'l ri v elev tion,- wiqh the producer shownin eentrdl-verticql traneyeise eectiul'l. l ig. Sis a detail vie'w' on on-eh? larged scale end in -central lon'gitndi'nel section of}, 3 tion of the automatic .etoker ein'ployed, including wind box. l i g' 9 is n vie'g: in transverse 'eei tion' through. fri i', 1o autumn ia m ce itrel longitiidL; nnl section ofthe mixer employed. Big. 11 le d-view;

Specification of Letters Patent.

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I in transverse section therethrough. Figs. 12 and 13 are detaileectionalviews of the twyere employed in the producer. v The gee producer comnrinee a structure which-incloee e'lurnace chaniber 20,1). dome 21 being provided oi; the top of said chamber, said dome having an opening 22 which opens into a chamber 23. The chamber 2315 closed ordinarily at the top by a. cfqver 24, and at the side is provided with an opening 2frleading into a' conduit 26, irhich conducts gee evolved in the furnace 20 into the scrubb'er27.

The furnace m iii preferably supplied with fuel autoniati'cnlly by means of an automatic stolsie'r, said 'atoker veyer 29, a hopper 30 and {1 wind box 31. The wind including a ieed-eh am ber 28'having its upper portion directly open into the furnace 20, a feed screw con box' cominunicetes with the interior (if the furnace .ing also provided with a. branch 33, whic "supplies err;

In the twyere 34 such as are ordinarily rovided' producers, and which may be (if any suitable and construction. The furnace inelso preicrabli through which the material contained therein niay be poked and inspected.

\ildd withpokeholes 35 arranged neer tlie upp'e end,

The scrubber 27 may be of any suitable-tome, heing here ehownae provided with live corhp'artniehte 36, 37., 38, 39 andAOj Theoompnrtments 37, 33mm 39 0011- iain pebbles of varying siz s, the, compeirtjrnnt 37' conteining thelergest pebbles, and the compiirtmcnt 39 it iedilschnrged from the conduit 26." The-lower end of'the'conduit 26 pone "tfes some distgl'nce intozthe' said chamber; 36, ea iyill he rmdily by Se!- eren'ee to 1 and 2T0! the drewingflal it deei'red ior' any ml the bottom o'tthe oondilit 26, the Water may .h' ellowed to rise intheicheniber amines and wvnlve'45; by closing the velvii 45 the Water, in p easing through the drain 43, willbe' cornpelled to rinse around the hr 'mAL- this will the sniallestg The cornpurtment 40 contains tan hark'. I

.herBG in a gene rec-civing.chambcr, and receives gen-as 405 86; this shown in 2; As a pimple meant; 3' I .complishingfthia', I'havepwvided a by-peae 441 in the made. I usual way, and, when the gas begins to evolve, the" '15 means 'for sealing the lower endol the conduit 26 will.

he found useful onmany occasions, suvlr, for ins ance, as when it is desired to first start up the producer, In so starting up, or whenever else it may be desired,,the cover 24,1nay be removed, and, if the lower end of the conduit 26 is sealed before the cover 24'is removed,

there will he no chance of gas backing up through the conduit 26 and escaping through the opening thereby The furnace msy now be blasted up in the cover 24 nmy be placed in. position and the seal forthe 'conduit26 broken by the opening of-the valve 45.

The gas received from the producer in the chamber 36 passes up through the various 'scrubloing chambers, and is finally discharged from the top of the scrubber 27 through a pipe or conduit 46 too mixer 47. The mixer 47 comprises an inlet chamber 48 for rec. iving the gas from the pipe or conduit 46; a hamber lll for receiving air from 9. suitahle air supply :pipe 50, a mixing chamber 51, at plurelity of tubes 52 for delivering the gas received inthe chamber 48 into theseid-ehember 51, add a plurality oi tubes, 53.1fm delivering the a'ir received int ie eherrii .i lfilinto. the mixi 'ngbhum. ber 51, the saidtir and g slieing thoroughly mixed in the mixingchajinber 51, and linellynliseharged into a.

main distributing pipor t-onduit 54.

The main distributing pipeor eongluit may be of any suitable length afnil form, end it is l"he purpose of my present invention to lend the some Io various points at whir-h the domlillstible 'AlXlUI'CllI geshndntir maybe delivered for commercial purposes, sur-hu sheat, light and power. Ailj Art to the dil'l'erenl.points atwllirlr the ocnulmstibli'lniitt'ure is iso discharged, I provide safely sc:i'eens,'one of whii-h is sliowli in detail at 55 in Fig. (i. ""-'llrese snlety sr voeos u c, ol' oursenintemled for provenli'ng u llztmo l'ronrllushing hut-k into the conduii midiznusing an explosion Ihorein or in them-rubber. but, in (ins-icon explosion doesoocurutnny point, I have provided it iuunlior of safely blow ollh 56, 4 flushbut l have also provided Ibo various chambers 5 57, 3%,

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't'ilre with tlie 'air will be quitecool, end such hrihc'turo trilullimi' roniluir. :1 1

The said valves may be employed to oontrol the relative quantity of air supplied from the blowers lo the producer chamber, on the one 1iun(l, and the mixer on tho other. lly this means the proportion of ztll delivered to the produk-er nmy be properly reguluted \villr respoel. to the proportion of uir delivered to the mixing (rlnunber, nd, once this proportion is properly regulated, the some proportion will be maintained, as will ll. will-benotetl that .l have placed the producer on a lower level thuuthe rest of the apparatus. This is a preferred consl l'UL'LlOIl, in orderto provide that the con. duit which leads from the top of the producer to on bottom oi the scrubber shall be as short as possilile.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that l have de yised a completely automatic system" for generating, supplying and distributing a combustible gas for heat, light and power purposes. The qualityef the nix- Lure may be easily regulated, and, when so re'gu'i ttted, n ill be maintained so es-to be uniform, .The device" which-acts to serulrand cleanse the gas as it comes from the producer also acts as a eooling 'meens,=--tl1e' 'giis' lehving the si-r'ublier' ut ubout the temperature "of the in' coming w-ttter'. Thus the gas when presentedfor ruixwill be entirely sufe. The peculiar arrangement of the mixer is such as to effect a; thorough mixingyns will berendily iinderstoml, andthe safety devices, ineluding'the fleslstloor's, sul'ely valve and safety screens will positively proventhny serious accident throughexplosions or from excess of pressures irom any muse.

What I lnim isz I I Y 1., Means for-)produelug rind distrlhu'tlng combustible I ases comprising u gns producer, a cooler-{m main msxir between the dellvevy'fioin the '1()() ans Poole-r nm] the s id main distributing conduit. nnd monns-afolj delivering air to the producer man a propor: lior ate'qlinntity -ol ni ].to the sold mixoi 'fi r'ni iiig hvith the LE pnss im; theretlu-omzli. I I I 2. The roinbinntion with a gas producer 6T nu'inus l'or supplying :ilr 'tli'ei'oto and for unix-ing :1 directly proponlienate quantity of-iiir with Hm gals nvol'vod tin-rein after il; lugs pnssed awnytrom 'thu produt'er. u dis-lrilmlingoondull.ifor distributing the combustible mixture nif'gns :ilul air to vlri ms points for uommvrr'inl purposes. n-nd'so'fr| screens in proximity to ouch point: at whirl; the said oombuslible mixture ls-tluli z'ornd for. use.

lirsl said means, for n'llxing ulr with the gns ovotvrkimlliv produm-r after the puts has left some and for dlslribulinp .I Incolnblisllbln mixture of pols and Mr so prodm l lo vnrl Doll-d gun. :mdn blower for supplying nlr nudvr-pros:

iilr n. t is prodnr-o cooling muons un 1' unions tor-supplying cooling the {we evolved In the producer. a mixer for ra- 1p calving the gnalrom the cooling vmenus. means for supplying alr under pressure to the wind box, and meuna tor regulating the supply of air delivered to tllesnld wind box proportionately to time supply 01' ulr-'dellvered to the mixer.

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